Jun 5, 2018
Microprocurement: Don't Nonitor. Monitor!
Kin Lane's API Evangelist site highlights the growing trend toward microprocurement in US government circles, with a shout-out to APImetrics.
Read more…Paul Cray
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May 17, 2018
Why we monitor, and why you should to... CMA9 Open Banking Edition
A closer look at whether a UK CMA9 bank's V1 and V2 APIs performed differently after the February switchover deadline.
Read more…David O'Neill
May 14, 2018
APIContext In Japan - May 22-25
APIContext joins the Washington State Trade Mission to Japan, focused on AI and connecting with Japanese companies in the space.
Read more…David O'Neill
May 8, 2018
New Features - Print to PDF for reports - Email Subscription controls
New APImetrics features let you manage email report subscriptions and print reports directly to PDF from the alerting menu.
Read more…David O'Neill
May 4, 2018
CMA9 OBIE UK Report, April. And a third of APIs still under perform.
Our April follow-up to March's CMA9 Open Banking V2 API report finds a third of APIs are still underperforming.
Read more…David O'Neill
May 2, 2018
API Monitoring: There's No Taking The 5th
Just like the 5th Amendment protects against self-incrimination, good API monitoring protects you from being blindsided by failures.
Read more…David O'Neill
Apr 16, 2018
API Standards: Who Watches the Watchmen?
Who watches the watchers? We look at how API standards and adherence to them are managed across the API sector, including efforts like Nacha.
Read more…David O'Neill
Apr 16, 2018
Equifax and AWS: How One Minor Thing Can Pull Down Performance
Your choice of cloud host can significantly affect API performance, as issues we found while monitoring the Equifax API clearly show.
Read more…David O'Neill
Apr 9, 2018
Don't Trust That 200 OK! 200 OK Is Not Necessarily OK – At All
A 200 OK response doesn't always mean everything is fine. Relying on status codes alone can hide real problems in your API.
Read more…Paul Cray
Apr 9, 2018
PSD2: National Governments and Bodies Have The Final Say
PSD2 is driven top-down by the European Commission and EBA, but built bottom-up by the banks and providers who must implement it.
Read more…Paul Cray
Apr 7, 2018
Daily and Weekly Status Mails
APIContext now offers daily and weekly alert status emails, covering the basics like your call volumes and error counts.
Read more…David O'Neill
Apr 6, 2018
PSD2, Open Banking and North America: Part II of II
Part two of our series on PSD2 and open banking looks at the any-to-any connection paradigm and early interest from US banks.
Read more…David O'Neill
Apr 5, 2018
PSD2, Open Banking and North America: Part I of II
Europe leads North America in open banking, though most current activity centers on aggregation, just one part of what PSD2 covers.
Read more…David O'Neill
Apr 2, 2018
CMA9: 35% of Banking APIs Miss Acceptable Performance Targets
In March, APIContext monitored 102 CMA9 banking APIs and found that over a third missed acceptable performance targets.
Read more…David O'Neill
Mar 30, 2018
Active + Passive Monitoring = Rapid Problem Resolution
A real customer example shows how passive monitoring and server logs helped an SRE team investigate a service complaint.
Read more…David O'Neill
Mar 30, 2018
APIContext + Your Passive Monitoring Stack
Your passive monitoring stack is vital for understanding how your APIs behave over time, but there are pitfalls to watch for.
Read more…Paul Cray
Mar 30, 2018
SLAs in a Cloud World: Getting What You Pay For
No cloud service offers 100% uptime. Here's what that reality means for your SLA and how to plan for inevitable downtime.
Read more…David O'Neill
Mar 22, 2018
200 OK? Check Again.
APIs that return HTTP 200 while actually reporting an error can slip past a gateway's passive monitoring undetected.
Read more…David O'Neill
Mar 21, 2018
What Do Telecoms And Banks Have In Common? APIs.
Telecoms and banks share a similar API journey, both racing to open up backend systems years before it became a wider trend.
Read more…David O'Neill
Mar 20, 2018
Active Monitoring and API Documentation (Or, "Why Doesn't My Call Work?")
Moving from internal API testing tools like Postman or Apiary to active external monitoring often reveals hidden issues.
Read more…David O'Neill
Mar 19, 2018
API Gateway and APImetrics: How We Integrate with Your Existing Systems
An overview of API gateways: what they do, why they matter, and how they fit into your broader API monitoring strategy.
Read more…Paul Cray
Mar 14, 2018
Active Monitoring: Never Hesitate to Go Active
Active monitoring works like sonar, pinging your APIs to detect problems before they can affect your users, a lesson from naval history.
Read more…Paul Cray
Mar 6, 2018
PSD2 Active API Performance Monitoring: You Can't Do That From Here
You have to manage your APIs. Relying purely on passive monitoring of API gateways leaves major performance gaps unaddressed.
Read more…Paul Cray
Mar 2, 2018
Open Banking APIs: Working Together To Make It Work
A letter from the European Commission's Director-General for Financial Stability sheds new light on the direction of Open Banking.
Read more…Paul Cray